The CDS API client is a python based library. It provides support for both Python 2.7.x and Python 3.

You can Install the CDS API client via the package management system pip, by running on Unix/Linux the command shown in the box beside.

$ pip install cdsapi

Use the CDS API client for data access

Once the CDS API client is installed, it can be used to request data from the datasets listed in the CDS catalogue. It is necessary to agree to the Terms of Use of every datasets that you intend to download.

Attached to each dataset download form, the following button displays the python code to be used. The request can be formatted using the interactive form. The api call must follow the syntax: